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Conclusion

December 19, 2020 by Paul Williams 11 Comments

Thank you Father for your continual help. Thank you for your closeness and joy that is ours despite our circumstances. Thank you for your many promises. And thank you to all of you for your walking with us these past 5 years. I have been thinking about concluding this blog. I initially started my blog ... Continue Reading

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In the loving arms of Jesus

October 8, 2019 by Paul Williams 64 Comments

Thank you Father for being here in our sorrow and anguish, thank you for your community who comes along beside us in our darkest hour. Thank you all for your love and prayers. It is with a sad and mourning heart, yet a joyous heart that Jesus came to take Theresa home with Him at ... Continue Reading

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We tread on holy ground

October 5, 2019 by Paul Williams 29 Comments

Thank you Father for answered prayers, for your Spirit’s work in our hearts and minds. Thank you all for your faithful prayers, for your comments, and holding us up in prayer. It has been a difficult week. Theresa continues to decline. She sleeps or rests 22-23 hours a day, waking up or alerting when talked ... Continue Reading

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Rapid turn of events

September 27, 2019 by Paul Williams 53 Comments

Father, thank you for your love, for walking with us, for your peace, and helping us praise you no matter what life brings our way. Thank you all for your continued prayers. Well this week was unexpected. Theresa rallied for our trip to California, and was worn out when we got home. But within a ... Continue Reading

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Disney

September 20, 2019 by Paul Williams 4 Comments

Thank you Father for your mercy and grace. Thank you for your kindness toward us and for answered prayer. Thank you all for all of your prayers and concerns. We have returned from our trip and all went well, thanks to your prayers. We flew out to California on Sunday and came home last night. ... Continue Reading

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Echo – negligible effusion

September 7, 2019 by Paul Williams 9 Comments

Father, thank you for your continued blessings. We have grateful for the time you have given us, what you are teaching us, and for your continued presence. Thank you all for walking with us in this journey. Life got so busy this past week that I didn’t get to update the blog and for that ... Continue Reading

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Anti-Androgen medications

August 25, 2019 by Paul Williams 10 Comments

Father thank you for your continued watch and care over us, for your little miracles and sustaining presence. Thank you all for your continued thoughts and prayers. Theresa has been on Casodex now for two weeks and on Xtandi now for over a week. Both are anti-androgen medications. Casodex has been around for a while ... Continue Reading

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A Grief Observed

August 18, 2019 by Paul Williams 10 Comments

Thank you Father for your grace and tender mercy. Thank you all for your prayers. For over a week now Theresa has been on the anti-androgen medication. She saw her oncologist who thought if it was to work, she would have had a more dramatic response. On Monday he will add one more anti-androgen pill, ... Continue Reading

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“All is well” in spite of it all

August 10, 2019 by Paul Williams 11 Comments

Thank you Father for your reassurance that “all is well” as you are in charge, engaged in all that is going on in all of our lives. Thank you for your continued presence. Thank you all for walking with us, your continued prayers, and kind words. Well it has been a rough week. Our oncologist ... Continue Reading

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PET Scan

August 3, 2019 by Paul Williams 15 Comments

Father, thank you for your mercy and grace. Thank you that your are for us, walk with us in all of life and that you are sovereign over all. Thank you all for continuing to walk with us and pray for us. This past week Theresa’s coughing got progressively worse and her chest pain has ... Continue Reading

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About Doctor Paul

Dr. Paul Williams, MD is a small-town family practice doctor working in Centralia, Washington. He works from the same office where his primary care practice was established by his father over 38 years ago. He believes strongly that the art of the old-fashioned primary care doctor is an important feature of our medical system that should be preserved and protected from excess interference from insurance companies and government regulation alike.

Due to changes in the health care industry and regulations affecting it, and in an effort to preserve the art of old-fashioned primary care, Dr. Paul has shifted his practice to a Direct Care model, meaning that patients pay an affordable monthly fee to purchase primary care health care services directly, rather than having their services billed through an insurance company.

This blog is intended to help Dr. Paul's patients (and anyone else!) understand the changes the medical industry is going through, and to provide information about the Direct Care model of primary care.

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